The Unity Council

That black light was no attack.

Nor was it a living being.

It was an invitation. A rather special invitation.

An invitation from the largest, most powerful evil organization in the Multiverse—the Unity Council!

As an organization born from that godforsaken place, the Bottomless Abyss, the Unity Council made no attempt to hide the evil and destructive nature of its purpose!

Even by the standards of the Bottomless Abyss, they were extremists—terrorists of the most terrifying kind!

And that was not all.

Every one of its members was terrifyingly powerful!

Without exception, even the weakest stood at the level of an Abyss Lord.

Even an Abyss Prince was merely average among them!

There was no hierarchy between members. Each answered only to themselves!

Member benefits?

None.

Membership system?

None.

Rules for members?

None.

It was an organization with no oversight, no obligations, and no rules.

As for why the Unity Council had first been founded, and the sole goal it pursued, that came down to a rather contentious question.

What did it mean to be the strongest, the ultimate, truly invincible, truly supreme...?

Was there a still greater realm beyond the Abyss Princes?

Over the endless ages since the first Abyss Prince appeared, countless beings had pondered this solemn question.

And their long—or rather, endless—lives gave them all the time they could possibly need to contemplate it and test their answers again and again!

Armed with power that let them look down on all other beings, they tried and tested countless methods without cease.

But the results were never satisfactory.

At least, not to this day.

Abyss Princes remained the undisputed pinnacle of the food chain!

There was nowhere higher to go.

As though this truly was the pinnacle in every sense of the word!

But with infinite lifespans, patience